Window screen



Sept. 16, 1924.

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WILLIAM M. KOONS, O'F CHANUTE, KANSAS.

WINDOW SGREEN.

Application filed August 2, 1920. Serial No. 400,607.

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' ,Be it known that I, lViLiiniir hLKoons, a citizcnof the United' States., residing lat Ohanute,'in the county of Neosho Aand State of Kansas, have inveiited a certain` new and width, so as to be easily inserted or removed,

and wliich eliminatcs the break or joint in the netting such as is present iii the ordinary adjustable screen.

My inventioii provides further a screen which is simple in'v construction, cheap to nianufacture, durable aiid iiot liable to get out of order, and which may be readily` inserted in or removed froni operative position in a window fraiiie by an uiiskilled person. i

The novel features of my invention are hereinafter fully described and claiined.

In the accompaiiying drawing, which illustrates the preferred einbodimeiit of my invention,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a window provided with-my improVed screen.

Fig. 2 is aii enlarged view, partly broken away, showing the window frame in cross section and a top View of the screen, the latter being shown extended and locked in opei'ative position.

Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 2, the screen being shown contracted as to length.

Fig. 4 is a. Vertical sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in the different views.

1 designates a rectaiigular frame of the ordinary type, the opening of which is covered by an unbroken sheet of netting or screen wire 2. i

One side edge of the frame 1 is beveled and designated by 3, said beveled edge being adapted to abut against and register witli` a beveled side edge 4 of a Vertical end member 5 wliicli is of substantially the same height I as the frame 1 and which is hinged to the` frame 1 so as to swing on a Vertical axis to and from a position in longit-udinal alinej ment with 'the frame 1, ,the parts being shown in said Vposition in Fig. 2. For hinging the eiid v.member 5 to the frame 1, the following desci'ibed means may be provided.

Two links 6 and 7 are mounted respectively in recesses 8 and 9, provided in the upper and lower ends of' the end member 5. Two screws 10 and llextend respectively through two slots 12 and 13, provided 'respectively in the links 6 and 7. The links 6 and 7 are respectively pivoted on `two Vertical Screws 141 and 15, inounted respectively in the upperand lower edges of the framel adjacent to one end of the latter, said edges being` :respectively provided with recesses 16 and 17 ,inwliich are respectively mounted the links 6 and 7.

The member 5 is adapted to swingon the links 6 and? 'from the extended position shown in Fig. 2 to the position shown in Fig. 3. lVhen in the latter position, the screen may be readily inserted between the stops 18 of a window frame. 19 and under a sash 21, as shown in Fig. 1.

For releasably looking the member 5 in the extended position, there is piVoted to the inner side of the frame 1, aturn Vbutton 22, which is adapted to be swuiig to and from aV horizoiital position in which it will overlap the inner side of the member 5, when the beveled edges 3 and 4 are in register and the member 5 is in longitudinal alinement withthe frame 1.

23 designates a handle fastened to the iniier side of the member 5. By turning the turn button 22 to the Vertical position, and pushing outwardly on the frame 1, the end member 5 and Vframe 1 may be swung to the position shown in Fig. 3, in which position, Vthe screen may be readily remoVed.V

To insert the screen in a window frame, the member 5 is swung into Vthe position in alinement with the frame 1 and between the stops 18, the frame 1 being between the opposite stops 18, aftei' which the turn .button 22 is turned to the horizontal `position shown in Figs. 1V and 2, in which position it will overlap the member 5, thusholding the member 5 in the extended position.

By providing the beveled edges 3 and 4, there is'no crack between the member 5 and the frame 1 when they are in the operative position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and the` memberv 5 is permitted to swing laterally outwardly on its axis. By having the member 5 hinged on a Vertical axis, so as to swing laterally, the screen may be removed from the outside of the window without having to lift the sash. This is a great ad- Vantage in case, as often happens, the sash has become stnck by paint in the frame. By

' having the beveled edges of the frame 1 and tnre shown and described, as many modifications, within the scope of the `appended claims, may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is 1. Ina window screen, a netting carrying frame having' a Vertical beveled edge, an end member of the same height as the frame having a Vertical beveled edge arranged to register with the beveled edge of the frame when the latter'and the end member are in the same Vertical plane, and two links respectively piVoted on Vertical axes to the upper and lower ends of said means for holding the end member and the 'register with the beveled edge of the frame when the latter and the end member are in the same Vertical plane, two links respectivefly pivotedfon Vertical axes to thenpper and lower eiidsrof said end member and respectiVely pivoted on Vertical 'axes to the' upper and lower edges of the frame, and releasable frame in the same Vertical plane, substantially as set forth.

V3. In a window screen, a netting carrying frame, an end member, and a link pivoted on a Vertical aXis to the frame and pivoted to 5 said end member on a Vertical aXis.

4. vIn a window screen, a netting carrying frame, an end member, and a link pivoted on a Vertical axis to said frame and slidably pivoted on a Vertical axis to said end mem- 5 ber.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this 'specification WILLIAM M. Koons. 

